Günter Guillaume (February 1, 1927 – April 10, 1995), a citizen of the German Democratic Republic, was an intelligence agent of that country's secret service, the Stasi. Guillaume emigrated with his wife, Christel to West Germany in the 1950s with orders to penetrate the West German political system and report on it. He rose through the hierarchy of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, eventually becoming a close aide to West German chancellor Willy Brandt. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 7 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London January 9 - Military rebellion crushed in Lisbon January 14 - Paul Doumer elected president of France January 19 - Britain sends troops to China February 12 - First British troops lad on Shanghai February 14 - Earthquake in Yugoslavia - 700 dead February... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a socialist country that existed from 1949 to 1990. ... Intelligence is the process and the result of gathering and analysing difficult to obtain or altogether secret information. ... This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... Willy Brandt (December 18, 1913–October 8, 1992) was a left German politician and Chancellor of Germany from 1969 to 1974. ...

In 1974, Guillaume's spying for the Communist East German government was uncovered by the West German authorities. The resulting scandal led to Brandt having to resign the chancellorship. Guillaume received a thirteen-year prison term for espionage, and his wife an eight-year term. Guillaume was released to the GDR in 1981 in return for Western intelligence agents caught by the Eastern Bloc. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Back in the GDR, Guillaume was celebrated as a hero, worked in the training of spies, and published his autobiography Die Aussage in 1988. Guillaume as well as East German spymaster Markus Wolf have said that the resignation of Brandt was never intended, and the affair counts among the biggest mistakes of the Stasi. This article is about the type of character. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Markus Wolf (born January 19, 1923, in Hechingen) is a former head of HVA (foreign intelligence service) East German intelligence. ...

Guillame's wife died in 2004. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...